Who the hell thought this was a good idea?!

I am so fed up with children's clothing designers and the companies who support them by buying the designs. I understand our children want to wear the latest styles but not all styles made for adults are appropriate for children.

A few years ago I went through a period of time where I couldn't find clothes I felt comfortable buying for my daughter. All the tops showed off her tummy and the shorts were WAY too short. She was 5! As in under 10.

Now she's 8 and arrived for a visit at my house with sweat pants with words on the bum. What the hell?! Why would I want to draw attention to my 8 year-old's bottom?! And what the hell was my ex-husband thinking buying anything that draws attention to his 8 year-old's bottom!??! I don't want people reading her bottom. What parent does?

Again, I understand the flirty nature of this style for ADULTS. Notice I said flirty nature of the style. My 8 year-old doesn't flirt.

She really likes the pants because they are so soft so I told her they are now pajamas. If I catch her wearing them in public I will cut them into little pieces and throw them away. I have to wonder who it is that markets this crap to children.

I Fail

I thought I gave myself a pretty easy challenge and I've already failed. In my defense, my computer was formatted earlier this week so I didn't have access to any of my photos. No photos means no slide show! Ha!

And I did convince Graham to create a header image for me... he just hasn't done so, yet.

But in other news, I'm playing a Magus and liking it a lot so far. I can't wait until I have a few more AE spells as I've heard that's when the game gets really good for us. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about... I can't even start to explain. For those who totally get it, yay! What are you playing? I also saved a couple of my names on a Witch Elf (which was my first choice before beta) and a Zealot. I've player healers in every game since EQ so if I hate the Magus later on, I have my trusty healer to fall back on.

My father is coming up to visit in a couple weeks and I'm wicked excited. I only get to see him about once year. We'll be staying in Boston and I don't even care if we go out and do anything. I just really enjoy spending time with him. I admire him and respect him almost as much as I love him. He's taught me a lot in life and I always look forward to see him. He's coming up with a fair few friends and relatives but he's the only one I want to see.

I should also point out I'm a rambler. I change my opinion and views regularly and ramble from one topic to another without warning.

I've finally done it

For years I lurked on several blogs, never really participating in any conversations. I thought I'd never have a need or want to use one myself. Then I starting seeing all the uses and decided to start one up for myself. I make no promises to update my blog regularly as I tend to be pretty busy with playing games, scrapbooking and of course, work.

I'm listing a few goals for this blog in hopes it will encourage me to actually get these things done.
1. add a slide show of some of my layouts
2. convince my bf to create a header for me
3. post at least twice a week for the first month